Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary in New Hampshire
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,095
after federal, FICA and New Hampshire tax
Tax takes
$28,015
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,219
New Hampshire costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Hampshire — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$124,110
Kept after tax
$96,095
Worth in national money
$91,219
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Hampshire is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $124,110, which ranks 3 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 26.55% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations New Hampshire reports, this job comes in at 40 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Hampshire is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $124,110 the take-home is $96,095; in national-average money that behaves like $91,219. The average comes to $150,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Hampshire ranks 3 of 45 states publishing a median for political science teachers, postsecondary, at $124,110 — about 26.55% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Political science teachers, postsecondary ranks 40 of 488 occupations by median in New Hampshire, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for political science teachers, postsecondary in New Hampshire, on $124,110, is $96,095; deflated by the state's price level, $91,219. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $150,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $310,170 |
| This salary | $124,110 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New Hampshire | $96,095 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,095 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,669 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $124,110 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,659 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Hampshire earn less than $124,110. The published range is $66,040 up to $310,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Hampshire the take-home figure of $96,095, from $124,110, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 40 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Hampshire, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $91,219, the adjusted value of that $124,110 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 40 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for political science teachers, postsecondary in New Hampshire the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,040 to $310,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Hampshire is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $96,095 from $124,110. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 40 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Hampshire, so $91,219 — the adjusted value of that $124,110 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 40 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $150,490, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $66,040 at the bottom tenth to $310,170 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Hampshire run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $91,219 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $96,095 of this wage reaches your account, because New Hampshire takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New Hampshire is $150,490. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,040) and the ninetieth ($310,170) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Hampshire's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $91,219 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
New Hampshire levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $96,095 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.